Varnish

SvS_ No. 1

24" x 18”acrylic 2014Sold

Fig. 6 Varnish12” x 12”colored pencil 2014

There are four total modifiers in the leopard complex: snowcap, dark spots, snowflake, and finally, varnish. Varnish is different from the other three in that it doesn’t create a pattern with a distinct edge. It creates random white hairs mixed in with colored hairs. The horse may look shaded, or like it is greying. As with the other three modifiers, varnish may appear just over the hips or over the whole body. In extreme cases, the horse may be almost entirely white. Some color usually remains over boney prominences on the legs and face (Gower, 106).The varnish gene is represented by a pattern based on a pine tree I saw in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Gower, Jeanette. Horse Color Explained a Breeder's Perspective. North Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square, 1999. Print.